And I Was Eyes Alone—

And I was eyes alone—

A curious departure.

‘Til thoughts reflect inflections

Of the voyeuristic laughter.

To disappear completely—

This aimless body’s aim.

The selfless self alone could help

To fill the world again.

Now drifting out the window

As the daylight starts to fade.

Do you spy it through the glass beyond

Your thin translucent shade?

To look and feel will fail

To know your memory-ridden face.

Now I see without direction

With a cool diffracted gaze.

Everything and nothing fill

The shrinking streets below;

And sleepers trapped within themselves

Still drag their worlds in tow.

Above, the formless fingers stretch

To grope towards the stars

Blind in their bliss to inward depths

Expelled in cosmic fires.

The light below is failing fast,

And with no light of its own

This voiceless voice is rising still.

Invisible. Alone.